She realized she must find a way to leave the country when she was sentenced to 99 lashes because a photo of her standing next to a man was found on her computer.
Her testimony is shocking Iranian poet Fatme Ektesari who was arrested by the Iranian authorities and convicted for participating in a poetry festival in Stockholm.
Ektesari from Norway, where she lives today, describes to Maria Zugra, how she was grabbed as soon as she returned to Iran, blindfolded and handcuffed and kept in isolation for 38 days without any contact with her family.
“My family didn’t know where I was, I didn’t have a lawyer, it was all illegal,” says the Iranian poet.
She realized she must find a way to leave the country when she was sentenced to 99 lashes because a photo of her standing next to a man was found on her computer.
“You know, women are not allowed to stand next to a man. So I was thinking that if they whip me I might not survive. So I had to find a way to leave Iran,” she said emotionally.
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The story of Fatme Ektesari
Iranian poet-writer Fatmeh Ektesari was arrested for censorship against the Iranian government and was held in solitary confinement for 38 days in Tehran’s Evin prison.
In order to be released from prison, she posted bail, the cost of which was equal to that of a house, and for two years she appeared in court every month until her case was heard.
Ultimately, he was sentenced to 99 lashes and 11.5 years in prison for crimes against the Iranian government, immoral behavior, and blasphemy. Her Facebook account was hacked and her blog was shut down.
Fearing that she would not survive the 99 lashes, she paid smugglers and went from Iran to Iraq, a country also not very friendly to women, and from there to Turkey. Today she lives free in Norway.
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